Chapter 21(1/2)
The situation was unexpected, and Chen Ting had not stayed for a long time.
The first thought he got to his senses that he got into his mind was, can the child stay?
Thinking of this, he asked.
Lian Jue's cold expression made it difficult to guess his emotions. He looked at Chen Ting for a long time before nodding lightly, and then spoke with a point of view: "I will give you whatever you want."
Although Chen Ting wanted to refuse irrationally, he was silent for a moment and his words became obedient: "...I want to go back to the dormitory to pack up."
He had no energy to guess Lian Jue's intentions, even if he was using him or humiliating him, he had to accept it.
It’s not what he wants, but that if there is a glimmer of hope, he will not choose to remove the child.
...Now, marrying Lianjue is that glimmer of hope.
He needs a peaceful and stable life, and Lian Jue can give him.
The worst thing in this life is a marriage without love.
The best one is the same - he doesn't need Lian Jue's love, nor does he need to give love.
I guess Lian Jue didn't come to such places often. He looked at the dilapidated corridor with a small advertisement with a similar scrutiny, and the rusty gray-red security door in front of him. Seeing Chen Tingwei's hand pressing on the old door handle that had been around for a long time, he frowned, as if he had seen something dirty.
Before Chen Ting turned the key, he grabbed the reflective metal door handle and shook it hard for a few times before the door opened.
"I'll be--"
Chen Ting didn't want to say that I would come out soon, you can wait for me here. Lian Jue didn't give him the chance to finish his words, so he walked past him and entered the door.
There was a takeaway box on the table that my colleague had not cleaned up last night. The weather was hot and the leftovers were left for a day. The taste was unimaginable.
Lian Jue's arm moved slightly, but he still stood upright. Chen Ting didn't notice it. He guessed that Lian Jue might have wanted to raise his hand to cover his mouth and nose, but for some reason, he endured it.
"Don't clean up." Lian Jue's urging was very tactful.
The bedroom door opened, and no light was cast into the black room, and it looked like an incomprehensible abyss from a distance.
Before Chen Ting walked in, darkness swallowed his slender body. Lian Jue stood outside the door, and only his snow-white neck could be seen in his sight.
It took less than a day since Chen Ting touched the switch on the wall. When the lights turned on, Lian Jue found that the room he lived in was really small, so small that it could not even be filled with a whole wardrobe. He didn't even need to turn his eyes to see all the furnishings in the room.
Chen Tingwei invited Lian Jue in and walked straight to the bed.
Lian Jue saw him take out his ID card and household registration book from his old pillowcase that was washed with white hair, and couldn't help but say, "You're going to put it here?"
"I have nowhere else to put it," he replied.
Chen Ting's actions of not putting his ID in his pocket were so cautious. Lian Jue wanted to ask him if he was, but he inexplicably recalled what he said just now and thought to himself.
"Don't take the clothes." Lian Jue thought of the T-shirt he wore that day.
Chen Ting didn't respond. Then there was nothing to take.
Before he left, he saw the half-plate of medicine left on the table and hesitated whether to put it on. This medicine is very expensive.
From the perspective of Lian Jue, you can only see the empty medicine box next to the tin paperboard, and impatiently urged: "You can buy it again after you finish eating."
Chen Ting did not shake his head, but finally did not take the medicine and walked towards Lian Jue.
"I didn't eat anymore." Chen Tingwei's voice was very soft, "After I found out, I didn't eat it. The above said that it should not be used when I am pregnant."
Lian Jue looked at him with an unknown expression for a while, and turned around unbearably: "Okay, let's go after you get the things."
On the way back, the two remained silent tacitly.
In the middle of the process, Lian Jue made two calls, one was asking someone to clean up the house, and the other was Chen Ting who had not heard it, and he couldn't understand it.
He looked out the window and was stunned for a while. The shadows of trees on both sides of the road quickly tilted backwards. After watching for a long time, he felt sleepy. The passenger seat adjusted the comfortable angle. He leaned in the seat for a while and became drowsy.
When he was about to fall asleep, he heard Lian Jue ask: "Dinner should be Chinese or Western."
Chen Ting reacted for two seconds without opening his eyes, and then said softly: "It's OK." He added, "Don't ask for my opinion."
Lian Jue said "Yes" and said to the other end of the phone: "Chinese food."
The other end of the phone quickly replied: "Okay sir."
After the phone was hung up, Chen Ting yawned at the car window and forced himself to sit up straight.
He sucked his nose gently, his eyes were covered with the dampness that had just yawned, and he shouted, "Mr. Lian."
Lian Jue drove without looking at him, "If you have something to say."
"I haven't done the examination yet." Chen Ting did not look at him and told the truth, "I only used the test strips, and there were five times in total, and all the results were positive."
He paused and continued: "The test strips only serve as a test, and the accuracy rate is not 100%, so it cannot be completely confirmed before the regular test. However, the symptoms of early pregnancy are basically consistent with my current situation, and the chance of getting pregnant is very high."
Lian Jue waited quietly for him to finish speaking, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it didn't look like a smile. He asked lukewarmly: "Have you been to obstetrics and gynecology department?" As if he was afraid that he wouldn't remember, he deliberately reminded, "The afternoon before yesterday."
Chen Tingwei showed surprise in his eyes: "Why are you..."
Lian Jue followed his words: "Passing by."
The reason was nonsense, but after Lian Jue finished speaking, he realized that he was not very nervous when he cooperated with the performance, and his face darkened.
Chen Ting was absent-minded and did not notice his subtle changes in expression: "The obstetrics and gynecology men cannot register..." His voice was very low, and he sounded a little annoyed, "I dare not go for a blood test, it may be very troublesome to find out... I'm a little scared."
Lian Jue looked at him with his eyes hanging down from the rearview mirror and took a breath slowly. After spending his whole life cultivation, he finally swallowed the word "sick".
His eyes met Chen Tingwei from the mirror. Chen Tingwei's eyes were filled with a mist that was very good at pretending to be pitiful, and he said in a urn: "Do you want to ask a doctor to help me see? I'm today..."
Lian Jue withdrew his eyes and interrupted coldly: "I'll talk about this later."
Chen Ting didn't want to wait for this for too long, especially this afternoon when he felt a little pain in his stomach. He looked sideways and saw Lian Jue's impatient expression, so he pursed his lips and stopped talking.
There were only two people eating dinner, but the aunt still made a lot of stuff.
The food was quite good - to be precise, it was more than a hundred times better than any meal that Chen Tingwei had eaten during this period, but he still didn't eat much, and the chopsticks only touched the plate closest to him.
The dining table was very long, and the glass chandelier hanging from the restaurant reflected the tableware in a sharp light. The cold white flash reflected into Chen Tingwei's eyes, which was a little dazzling. Lian Jue sat opposite him, Chen Tingwei narrowed his eyes slightly, but still couldn't see Lian Jue's expression clearly, so he gave up.
Before Lian Jie was finished, he couldn't get up first, and it was not good to sit still. He stared at the plate of stir-fried shrimps in front of him, suppressing the swelling caused by the smell, and picked up a green bean and put it in his mouth.
After holding his breath and chewing for a long time, Chen Ting still put down his chopsticks. He couldn't help asking Lian Jue: "Why are you marrying me?"
Of course it's not because of the children.
Even though Chen Ting was not slow anymore, he would not have seen Lian Jue's perfunctory behavior for so long - Lian Jue probably never believed his words from beginning to end.
"It has nothing to do with you." Lian Jue didn't raise his eyes, his tone was very light, but it sounded natural.
Chen Ting did not frown.
Isn’t marriage a matter between two people? What does it have nothing to do with me? He said in his heart.
"Oh." He responded quietly.
People at a disadvantage are not qualified to negotiate conditions.
Chen Ting didn't say anything again. After a long time, Lian Jue seemed to realize that there was something wrong with what he said just now.
"I'll give me a list of invitations to relatives and friends tomorrow before 2 pm." Lian Jue seemed to be looking for some remedies, "If you need a wedding."
Chen Ting paused without holding the spoon's hand, and he didn't look up. It seemed that he didn't need such a rare kindness and consideration as Lian Jue. He answered "No" in a low voice. He pinched the slender metal spoon and trimmed the smooth nails into the lines on the spoon's handle: "...I mean I don't need it anymore, just arrange it."
Lian Jue looked at him for a while, asked nothing, and just replied "Yes".
The topic ended very simply. The sudden mention of relatives and friends made Chen Tingwei feel very depressed. He didn't speak, and even Jue would not speak on his own initiative. Neither of the two people behind him spoke again.
After dinner, he went upstairs without even saying hello.
After a while, Chen Ting did not decide to get up and help the aunt clean up the dining table.
The aunt stopped his movements and said in panic: "Mr. Chen, I'll do these things. I've made fruit tea, you can go to the sofa to rest for a while."
Chen Ting was not very served when he was not very elegant now that he was taking the plate with others. He hesitated for a moment and handed her the plate in his hand: "Thank you for your hard work."
The aunt said a few times that it was not hard to work, and she took the plate and left in a hurry. It seemed that it would be hard to stay with him for a while. Chen Ting had no choice but to turn around and leave the kitchen.
Just as he sat down on the sofa, someone came in at the door and greeted him: "Mr. Chen."
Chen Ting stood up from the sofa that had not yet been confirmed and rushed over and nodded: "Mr. Lin."
Lin Chen also nodded, indicating that he didn't have to be restrained. He came over and took out a few tables from the black folders in the leather to put them on the coffee table.
Before Chen Ting could see the words on the form clearly, a low and serious voice sounded on the stairs: "Come to my study."
Chen Ting subconsciously looked up at the source of the sound.
Lian Jue changed into a light gray pure cotton home clothes at some point, standing on the second floor, looking down at the downstairs. His tall nose bridge was covered with a pair of gold-wire thin-edged glasses. The lenses were covered with a cold metallic luster, covering his sharp eyes, but for some reason it made him look colder and inhumane.
"Okay, Mr. Lian." Lin Chen took out a pen and handed it to Chen Tingwei, "Please fill in it with Mr. Chen."
After Lian Jue finished speaking, he turned around and entered the study room. He did not share the light at all to Chen Tingwei. While Chen Tingwei took back his eyes and took the pen, he thought for no reason, is he myopia? He seemed to have never seen him wearing glasses before.
Lin Chen went downstairs with Lian Jue two hours later. Chen Ting had not filled out the personal information on the form. After checking, Lin Chen nodded: "Your ID card and original household registration book are also needed."
Chen Ting did not take out the ID from his pocket, and handed it to Lin Chen with a little difficulty. He watched Lin Chen put the ID into his carry-on bag, and was puzzled: "But why do you have to go abroad?"
Lin Chen's eyes were also confused. His eyes passed by Chen Tingwei, looked at Lian Jue behind him, and looked back at him, and spoke uncertainly: "You and Mr. Lian are not..."
Seeing that Chen Tingwei looked confused, Lin Chen couldn't help but feel nervous, thinking that his boss wouldn't even notify the other person of such a big marriage?
"Aren't you going to register for marriage with Mr. Lian?" Lin Chen added the unfinished words and tried not to explain to Chen Ting. "Country C is the first country in the world to promote the legalization of same-sex marriage, and it is also the only registered country that can be fair and recognize the facts of same-sex marriage in China. In addition, Country C has now established a complete legal system for same-sex marriage, which can protect the rights and interests of both parties in the marriage to the greatest extent after marriage."
To be continued...